{"id":13089,"date":"2010-08-16T09:17:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T13:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=13089"},"modified":"2010-08-16T09:17:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T13:17:49","slug":"top-10-if-a-jet-alum-were-president-of-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/16\/top-10-if-a-jet-alum-were-president-of-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10:  If a JET Alum were President of the U.S&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This past weekend at the JETAA USA Conference hosted by the JETAA New York chapter, there were several references in speeches (including by Ambassador Fujisaki) to the possibility of a JET alum someday becoming President of the United States.\u00a0 Fortunately, this issue was already addressed in the Spring 2004 issue of the JETAA NY Quarterly Newsletter so we&#8217;ll all know exactly what to expect:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Spring 2004 \u2013 THE \u201cPOLITICS\u201d ISSUE TOP 14!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>It could happen.\u00a0 One of these days  one of our very own from the JET Alumni community could become President  of the United States.\u00a0 What would that be like, ka na\u2026?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>THE TOP 14 THINGS THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF A JET ALUM WERE PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>14. Fifty-minute self-introduction on first day in office.<br \/>\n13. Press conference with Japanese media to promote internationalization and clear up confusion over ability to use chopsticks.<br \/>\n12. Presidential toilet seat warmer.<br \/>\n11. Future school history books include section on famous \u201cI Have a Pen!\u201d speech.<br \/>\n10. Vending machines with hot corn soup installed throughout White House<br \/>\n9.\u00a0 Pre-Departure Orientation in the Rose Garden<br \/>\n8.\u00a0 Curry rice included in public school lunch menus across the U.S.<br \/>\n7.\u00a0 All Foreign Service language training outsourced to AEON.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0 Inauguration Karaoke!<br \/>\n5.\u00a0 All JETAA Chapter Reps appointed to ambassadorships.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0 President works half days, then goes on vacation.\u00a0 (Wait a second\u2026)<br \/>\n3.\u00a0 Spin control involves slapping Vice President on the back of the  head to evoke laughter from audience and divert controversy.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 All policies explained very clearly, slowly and loudly.<br \/>\n1.\u00a0 Oval Office Happy Hour!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*(<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/library\/humor\/top-ten\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for more Top Ten lists from past Newsletter issues.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend at the JETAA USA Conference hosted by the JETAA New York chapter, there were several references in speeches (including by Ambassador Fujisaki) to the possibility of a JET alum someday becoming President of the United States.\u00a0 Fortunately, this issue was already addressed in the Spring 2004 issue of the JETAA NY Quarterly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-3p7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13091,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions\/13091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}